Bailey awaits word on New Mexico State job

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May 3, 2013 at 12:01 AM

The New Mexico State University regents will announce the school's choice for president at 4 p.m. Monday, according to the Las Cruces News-Journal's website.

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The New Mexico State University regents will announce the school's choice for president at 4 p.m. Monday, according to the Las Cruces News-Journal's website.Guy Bailey, a former University of Alabama president, is one of five finalists for the New Mexico State job.The website says that the New Mexico State regents plan to make an offer to the selected candidate today, conduct negotiations over the weekend and announce the new president on Monday.Bailey came to UA after serving as president of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. He started his job at UA on Sept. 4, 2012, but resigned 58 days later, citing his wife's poor health.He interviewed at New Mexico on April 23-24 and told reporters there that his wife's health had improved enough for him to serve as president.The Associated Press reported in November that UA granted Bailey, a linguistics expert, tenure as an English professor, agreed to continue paying his base salary of $535,000 and classified him as being on “developmental leave” through August.Bailey is a native of Montgomery and a UA graduate.